English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

High & Low Forest

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • les Highe Forrest, le Lowe Forrest 1612 FF

Etymology

, les Highe Forrest , le Lowe Forrest 1612FF , v. forest , referring to parts of Naddle Forest on the side of Hawes Water .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement